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The Most Reverend Dr Edward Kernan (born in 1771 in Enniskillen County Fermanagh Ireland) was a priest in the Diocese of Clogher ordained in 1795. He was educated at Portora Royal School and studied for the priesthood in the Irish College in Salamanca Spain. He was appointed the Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher on 18 August 1816 and was ordained on 12 April 1818. He became bishop of the diocese on 19 November 1824 following the death of his predecessor Dr James Murphy.